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(A) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the law or the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:
(1) On a sidewalk;
(2) In front of a public or private driveway;
(3) Within an intersection;
(4) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(5) On a crosswalk;
(6) Within 12 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection unless signs or markings indicate a lesser distance;
(7) Within 30 feet upon the approach of any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
(8) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb, or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless signs or markings indicate a different length;
(9) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing. However, where permanent structures are located closer than 50 feet, parking is permitted in front of the structures unless otherwise prohibited and if the parked vehicle will not block the view in either direction of a locomotive or train;
(10) Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station, and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance;
(11) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;
(12) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(13) On any bridge or other elevated structure on a highway or within a highway tunnel;
(14) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping; and
(15) On any part of the paved portion of any street, the width of the paved portion of which is 18 feet or less.
(B) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his or her control into any prohibited area or away from the curb to an unlawful distance.
(Ord. 41, passed 5-7-1992) Penalty, see § 71.99
In residential areas and other areas where parking spaces are not marked on the pavement and not designated as no parking zones, all vehicles shall be parked parallel to the curb or the edge of the pavement as far to the right of the center line as possible, leaving at least 22 feet of clear unobstructed roadway for the safe passage of other vehicles. At no time may a vehicle be parked directly across the street from another vehicle unless there will be 22 feet of roadway open between the two vehicles.
(Ord. 41, passed 5-7-1992)
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within an alley in such a position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.
(Ord. 41, passed 5-7-1992) Penalty, see § 71.99
It shall be unlawful for any person to stand or park a vehicle on any street for the principal purposes of the following:
(A) Displaying for sale;
(B) Weighing, greasing, or repairing the vehicle, except repairs made necessary by a bona fide emergency;
(C) Storing by garages, dealers, or other persons when the storing is not incident to the bona fide use and operation of the automobile or other vehicle;
(D) Storing of any detached trailer or van when the towing unit has been disconnected;
(E) Transferring merchandise or freight from one vehicle to another; or
(F) Advertising.
(Ord. 41, passed 5-7-1992) Penalty, see § 71.99
In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction on either roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle on the left-hand side of the one-way roadway unless signs are erected to permit the standing or parking.
(Ord. 41, passed 5-7-1992) Penalty, see § 71.99
When official signs are erected at hazardous or congested places, no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle in the designated place.
(Ord. 41, passed 5-7-1992) Penalty, see § 71.99
No person shall move a vehicle not owned or controlled by that person into any prohibited area, or sufficiently away from a curb to make the parking unlawful.
(Ord. 41, passed 5-7-1992) Penalty, see § 71.99
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